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PT-WFD: the network of PT providers to support the implementation of the European water framework directive

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This paper introduces a newly formed network of proficiency testing (PT) providers, who are active and experienced in the field of PTs with relevance to the water framework directive (WFD). The objective of this new network is to support the implementation of the WFD in Europe, by providing PT schemes that meet the specific requirements of the WFD and which are run and evaluated in a harmonised way. The main value of creating such a network lies in the potential to foster the harmonised performance evaluation of European laboratories involved in WFD monitoring analyses, thus enhancing the equivalence of WFD monitoring data obtained throughout Europe. In its first year the network organised two joint PT rounds, one for volatile organic substances (VOC) and another for selected pesticides from the list of Priority Substances, with greater than 100 water analysis labs from a number of European countries participating.

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  1. Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy

  2. Commission Directive 2009/90/EC of 31 July 2009 laying down, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, technical specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring of water status

  3. ISO/IEC guide 43-1:1996 proficiency testing by interlaboratory comparisons—part 1: development and operation of proficiency testing schemes

  4. ISO 13528:2005 statistical methods for use in proficiency testing by interlaboratory comparisons

  5. Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

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  1. AQS Baden-Württemberg, Universität Stuttgart, Bandtäle 2, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany

    Frank Baumeister & Michael Koch

  2. IWW Water Centre, Moritzstrasse 26, 45476, Mülheim, Germany

    Ulrich Borchers

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Baumeister, F., Borchers, U. & Koch, M. PT-WFD: the network of PT providers to support the implementation of the European water framework directive. Accred Qual Assur 15, 193–198 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-009-0624-6

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